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Arts & Performance

Amma Asante

Biography

Amma Asante is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and, since 2019, chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts. She first appeared in the BBC children's television drama series Grange Hill, and later wrote and produced the 1998 BBC Two…

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Sports

Ammanuel Diressa

1993–

Ammanuel Gorfu Diressa (born May 5, 1993), is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Scarborough Shooting Stars of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He represents Canada in international competition. He played college basketball for…

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Music

Ammo

Biography

Joshua Emanuel Coleman, known by his stage name Ammo, is an American record producer and songwriter. He has co-written and produced songs for Alex Warren, Beyoncé, Kesha, Katy Perry, Pitbull, Maroon 5, Britney Spears, Jessie J, Jason Derulo, Mike Posner,…

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Music

Ammoye

Biography

Shernette Amoy Evans, known by the stage name Ammoye, is a Jamaican-Canadian reggae musician, most noted as a seven-time Juno Award nominee for Reggae Recording of the Year. Originally from Halse Hall in Jamaica, she moved to Toronto, Ontario as a…

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Sports & Achievement

Amobi Okugo

1991–

Amobi Chidubem Okugo (born March 13, 1991) is a Nigerian-American former professional soccer player, athlete entrepreneur, strategist, and speaker. Okugo played as a midfielder and defender in Major League Soccer (MLS) and the USL Championship.

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Education & Scholarship

Amon Saba Saakana

1948–

Amon Saba Saakana (born 1948), formerly known as Sebastian Clarke, is a Trinidad-born writer, journalist, lecturer, filmmaker and publisher, who migrated to Britain in 1965. In the 1970s, he founded the publishing imprint Karnak House in London. As an…

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Music

Amorphous

1997–

Jimir Reece Davis (born December 31, 1997), known professionally as Amorphous, is an American record producer and disc jockey. He is best known for his guest appearance alongside DJ Khaled on Fat Joe's 2021 single "Sunshine (The Light)", which entered the…

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Politics & Public Life

Amos Andre Dodson

1856–1888

Amos Andre Dodson (April 10, 1856 — December 26, 1888) was an American farmer, teacher, carpenter, newspaperman, public official, and state legislator in Virginia. He represented Mecklenburg County in the Virginia House of Delegates during the 1883-1884…

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Civil Rights

Amos Beman

1812–1872

Amos Gerry Beman (1812–1872) was a 19th-century African American pastor and social activist from Connecticut. He was a prominent African American abolitionist.

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BIOGRAPHY
Civil Rights

Amos Brown

1941–

Amos Cleophilus Brown (born February 20, 1941) is an African American pastor and civil rights activist. He is the president of the San Francisco branch of the NAACP, and was head pastor of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco from 1976 through 2025.…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Time-based Media - Moving Images

Amos C. Brown Oral History Interview

March 2, 2013

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The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.60.1a, 2011.174.60.1b, 2011.174.60.1c, 2011.174.60.1d, 2011.174.60.1e, 2011.174.60.1f, 2011.174.60.1g, and 2011.174.60.1h. Reverend Dr. Amos Brown discusses his childhood in Jackson, Mississippi…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.174.60.1a-h
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Politics & Public Life

Amos Drane

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Amos Drane (born 1811 or 1812 - ?) was a delegate to Mississippi's 1868 Constitutional Convention representing Madison County, Alabama. He was one of 16 African American delegates at the constitutional convemtion. According to a newspaper brief, he had…

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Business

Amos Fortune

Biography

Amos Fortune (c. 1710 – November 1801) was an African-American citizen of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, in the 18th century. Fortune was born in Africa and brought to America as an enslaved person. He was given the name "Amos Fortune" by his masters.

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Sports

Amos Foyewa

1981–

Amos Foyewa (born 26 December 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Politics & Public Life

Amos Hargrett

1833–1905

Amos Hargrett (September 14, 1833 – November 1905) was a farmer, county commissioner, justice of the peace, and delegate to Florida's 1885 Constitutional Convention. He was one of seven delegates who were African American. Former Florida state senator…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Amos Kadiri, Imiede mi, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Amos Kadiri, Imiede mi, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3314
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Military

Amos M. Gailliard Jr.

1928–2014

Amos Marcus Gailliard Jr. (September 26, 1928 – April 8, 2014) was the son of famed musician and trombone player, Amos Gailliard. As a member of the United States military, he rose from the rank of private to brigadier general.

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BIOGRAPHY
Scholarship

Amos N. Wilson

1941–1995

Amos Nelson Wilson (February 23, 1941 (or 1940) — January 14, 1995) was an African-American theoretical psychologist, social theorist, Pan-African thinker, scholar, author and a professor of psychology at the City University of New York.

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Education & Scholarship

Amos Noë Freeman

1809–1893

Amos Noë Freeman (1809 —1893) was an African-American abolitionist, Presbyterian minister, and educator. He was the first full-time minister of Abyssinian Congregational Church in Portland, Maine, where he led a station on the Underground Railroad.

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Sports & Achievement

Amos Otis

1947–

Amos Joseph Otis (born April 26, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a center fielder from 1967 to 1984, most prominently as an integral member of the Kansas City Royals team that won…

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Arts & Performance

Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.

1950–

Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. (born 1948) is an American printer, book artist, and papermaker best known for social and political commentary, particularly in printed posters.

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Tools and Equipment

Ampeg SR-6 mixing console used by Pete Cosey

1970s

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A six-channel sound mixing console manufactured by Ampeg and owned by Pete Cosey. Console has black and white facade with worn black fabric across top and silver-tone knobs with numerically graduated indicators. Front panel has rows to control reverb,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.105.1
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Tools and Equipment

Amplifier used as part of a DJ setup

1970s

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A metal Tapco amplifier model CP 500. The front of the amplifier has black dials that include two power lock dials, a power dial, and two channel dials. Above the dials, white text reads: [TAPCO CP 500 / dual channel power amplifier]. There are two black…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.47.12
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Tools and Equipment

Amplifier used as part of a DJ setup

1970s

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A Phase Linear 400 amplifier. The amplifier has a brushed aluminum front plate with two cut-outs for volume unit (VU) meters. The front plate has black cursive text at the top and center that reads: [Direct Coupled Solid State Amplifier / Phase Linear /…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.47.2
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